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[CAski]

It is all Here.

[CAski]

In summary, there is going to be a CTEC 6-pack replacing Zephyr (which is going to be renamed "Blazing Zephyr"; where do they pull a lousy name like that from?!! They must have consultants from San Francisco! :---: ) They are going to move the current Zephyr lift to serve the chutes (and call it "Chuter" GAG!!!!!). I like new lifts, but with names like these, they might as well paint the whole lift purple and instate a new design for the chairs that uses triangles instead of squares. They will also open a previously closed bowl on the northwest side of the mountain. Their vertical will be increased to 1800 feet.

Blazing Zephyr Lift Statistics:
Manufacturer: Dopplemayer CTEC Inc. Salt Lake City, Utah
Chairlift Type: High-speed, six-passenger detachable
Total Chairs: 50 initial - final design number 75
Vertical Rise: 1,303 ft
Slope Length: 3,938 ft
Capacity (pph): initial 2400pph, final design 3600 pph
Inaugural Season: 2004 / 2005
Line Speed: 1100 fpm, estimated ride time 3.58 minutes
Chair Weight: 1000 lbs
Initial sequence: Nine seconds at 2400 pph
Design sequence: Six seconds at 3600 pph

The Chutes Statistics:
Skiable Acres 200
Vertical feet 1500
Names Trails 16
Double Black Runs 9
Black Runs 7
Access Gates 8
Exit Lift (quad) 1

[KZ]

I actually kind of like the name "Blazing Zepher" Its a lot better then "Northwest Magnum 6". Besides that, this is a huge deal for rose. THey are becoming a big deal resort

[CAski]

Zephyr is the name of a cove at Tahoe. The image of a very fast cove puzzles me.

[KZ]

I know, but it just sounds kinda cool, it doesnt have to make sense

[CAski]

A simple Zephyr Express would do...

[vancouverguy]

I agree. "Blazing Zephyr"....you've got to be kidding.

[floridaskier]

Wow...I've never really liked the Northwest Magnum 6 name, but the 'Blazing Zephyr'...whatever. They said it's 'tenatively named'

[CAski]

But that pales in comparison to "Chuter"...

I mean, c'mon, it serves double black terrain, and yet they give it this attempting-to-be-cute name?

[KZ]

Oh well, what are you going to do.

[KZ]

Mt Rose now has just about everything you want to know about "The Chutes" up on their website including maps, trail info, avalanche control and info on the Chuter Chair.

http://mtrose.com/chutes/index.php

[liftmech]

I'll finish beating this dead horse...
A zephyr is by definition a light breeze. Thus 'Blazing Zephyr' is an oxymoron. How about 'The Hurricane'?

[CAski]

Oh...

I just thought they named the lift after a cove on Lake Tahoe. That makes much more sense. But you are right, it is an oxymoron.

[KZ]

Yea i saw that somewhere else as well John. Im guessing it is named after the cove, but they should have looked that up. Some fun terrain next year though.

[SkiBachelor]

Do you guys think that the wind that you will feel blowing on you while you ride up the lift is the speed of a Zephyr, not actually the speed of the lift? So the name works if you think about it that way, because when you do ride up a high-speed lift, there is a light breeze. :)

[CAski]

Mount Rose can get some nasty winds, so, no, it is not a "zephyr".

In this sense of the word, Northstar is the only resort that would be installing a lift called "Zephyr".

This post has been edited by CAski: 24 April 2004 - 01:01 PM

[KZ]

or dodge or homwood....

[CAski]

Whoops, I meant in Tahoe.

But yes, Homewood would also meet the description, or Sierra, perhaps.